cerrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cerro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈriʝo/ [θeˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θeˈriʝo/ [θeˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θeˈriʎo/ [θeˈri.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈriʝo/ [seˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /seˈriʝo/ [seˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seˈriʎo/ [seˈri.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈriʃo/ [seˈri.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈriʒo/ [seˈri.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: ce‧rri‧llo

Noun

cerrillo m (plural cerrillos)

1. diminutive of cerro
2. common thatching grass, Hyparrhenia hirta.

Further reading

• “cerrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28